Tag archives: love

My husband and I celebrate lucky number 13 today. We will
have a nice dinner, throw back a few drinks and enjoy the quiet since our daughter is with my parents, but for the most part, we’ll
leave the fanfare to more newly-married couples.

We won’t reflect upon our wedding vows because, quite
frankly, it’s unlikely either of us remember them. I don’t at least.

I’m sure they said something about promising to love, respect
and cherish. To me, the first two were prerequisites to the wedding ceremony
itself. The third makes me envision a ...

When I told the owner of the yoga studio I go to that today
was my last class because I was moving, he asked if I was moving for love. My
initial thought was “no” because I was thinking only of romantic love. But when
I told him I was moving for family, his response was immediate, “well, that’s
love, isn’t it?”

I’ve been asked frequently why we’re moving to Milwaukee and
I’ve stumbled over the answer every time. Our decision evolved so quickly and
seemed so complicated that it was a question I couldn ...

I grew up with the mantra, "marriage is hard
work," and for my parents, it seemed especially difficult. Having watching
their struggles, I felt prepared for tough stuff. When the first years of
my own marriage felt surprisingly easy, I began to suspect my parents were just
doing it all wrong.

Then we had a baby, sold our condo, moved, my
husband went to grad school and became a stay-at-home dad within three months. Over
the next few years, we moved again, our beloved cat died, my job sucked and I
went through four bosses and a company restructuring. To ...

In a recent article in New
York Magazine (Why You
Truly Never Leave High School), author Jennifer Senior points to recent studies that suggest
memories from the ages of 15 to 25 are most vividly retained. Certainly
there are many neurological reasons behind this, but to me it boils down to
this: Why wouldn’t we have the most intense memories from the time during which
we felt things most intensely?

Do you remember what it was like to feel the
body-and-soul anguish when a best friend turned on you? Or the way your heart nearly
burst with joy when ...

About me

I’m a 40-year-old woman with a darling young daughter, a long-term marriage and an established career. To onlookers, I have it all together. But in rare moments when I'm solo in the car and a throwback song comes on the radio, I sometimes have an overwhelming urge to drink myself silly, dance my ass off and make-out with strangers.
Read more...I’m not that young or foolish any more, but I also don’t feel old (despite increasing wrinkles). I am caught somewhere between young and old and I’m not the only one. This blog is for those of us who are still dancing queens yet, rather than yearning for the good old days, are wise enough to recognize that this crazy, in-between, complex time in our lives is life’s sweet spot.
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